L'oreal Voluminous False Fiber Lashes-- a review

arright, everybody shut up.
shut up!
i need a moment of silence for this AWESOME mascara i just stumbled upon in walgreens
im off in approximately 35 minutes, so im not even gonna delve into detail about how much i love walgreens & how all the cosmetics are virtually always BOGO or 50% off. i got this gem for like 4 dollars.

i know yall have seen gwen stefani's lashes just SiTTiNGGG in that new l'oreal commercial
& i needed mascara
& i remembered the commercial
& im not brand- loyal
& it was 4 dollars

so i got it *shrugs*

it was the best 4 dollars i ever spent, b
this mascara is everyyyyything.
i've learned what every makeup guru has known since the beginning of time-- the smaller the brush, the greater the potential for awesome lashes
less clumping, all lat
omg. it's everything.
i don't even bother breaking out the eyeliner for everyday, because i feel like it's too dramatic coupled with the way my lashes be sittin
everybody. go to walgreens & cop up

..okay. yall can talk again. *

eos lip balm-- a review*

last weekend was one of those weekends.
i stepped into walgreens & let OFF (i find that walgreens has a better selection & more sales than cvs. & im cheap like that. so i quit cvs. *shrugs*)
i got a whole slew of new playthings so i have a whole slew of reviews to write
and this is my first.
being that i was fresh out of my fave moisturizing lip balm (palmers cocoa butter stick) and it is getting cold & dry outside (hello!) iwas pressed to find a replacement girl.
FOUND HER!
okay, i had seen a girl in one of my classes rubbing this weird egg- shaped lip balm on and it fascinated me.
and when iread the packaging, there were all these key words that made me wanna buy it-- brand advertisers knowww how to get me. "all natural" "95 % organic" "shea butter"-- listen, i didnt even care that it cost twice as much as a normal lip balm, i needed that.
so the brand is called eos, which stands for the "evolution of smooth."
when i got that thang home, i was sooo excited. when i opened it up, it smelled like a delicious childhood memory (summer fruit scent). but when i first applied it, i was mad.
i like to be able to feel my lip balm when i rub my lips together. there was no residue. i dont expect  to be glossed- up from a balm, but i like a lil sheen. there was no sheen. iwas so mad. but my lips were veryyyy soft. they looked naked. it kinda grew on me doe.
then i had the bright idea to apply it after my lips were already moist. sometimes i rub olive oil on my lips while in the house (the air in my house is sooo dry), so i applied my eos on top of that & nothing really happened. then i thought-- if the balm is made of shea butter, maybe it needs to melt a lil bit. yknow how you have to melt shea butter in your hands before applying it to your hair or body? right.
so i left the balm on my windowsill, in direct sunlight while i took a nap. voila!
it went on smoother, and i could actually feel it when i rubbed my lips together.
iwas preaching about the goodness of eos all weekend.
and then i left mine at work. -_-
ooh, i was so mad!
& im such a germophobe that once i lose a lip balm? im NOT taking it back, even if somebody hand- delivers it to my door. idunno. ihave visions of somebody finding it and using it & me contracting herpes from it. blech.
but-- iliked the eos lip balm so much that iwent right back to walgreens the first thing tuesday morning & got a new one.
long story short, this lip balm makes me very happy.
the packaging is cutesy.
it smells like heaven.
it's 95 % organic
it tastes like candy
it will turn you into a smooth operator. smooooooooooove operator.
i think i just quit Palmers.
yup. im acting brand new.*

flexi rods + natural hair... the good, the bad, & the ugly

thank GOD for the rain.in case you have central air or do not live in the northeast, it has been upwards of 100 degrees since about thursday. i had to resort to an all possicle diet & sleeping with frozen veggie packs at night. but i promised myself that i would try a flexi rod set this weekend & i was doing it... #byanymeansnecessary

CoverGirl lip perfection-- a review.

whew chile! *wipes forehead* during a recent trip to my local CVS (i find myself at those double doors at least thrice a week, even when i don't need anything), i stumbled across CoverGirl's new "Lip Perfection" line. i'd seen the lil commercials with drew barrymore & all the colorful lusciousness, but there is nothing like therealthing. even in my non- ambitious funk, i could not stop myself from picking up a couple tubes. they were a total mood- booster, btw. there's something about new, shiny things that just makes me feel all mushy inside. *smiles*

anywaydoe. i picked up a new yellow- based red lip "hot passion" (sounds a lil raunchy, i know) and the prettiest little purp thang, named "divine divine." 'tis quite divine. the application is smooth, the formula is nice&creamy, and the color selection is to die for (try not to make the mistake that i did at first, visiting a CVS in southside jamaica. they had been cleaned alllll the way out smh.) my only beef-- and it might not even be that big of an issue to some people-- is that once you put that color on, it is going NOWHERE fast. i scrubbed my lips with everything short of a brillo pad, and was still left with a purple tint for the rest of the day. all in all. once they restock that display? i'm goin ALL the way off!